Trimming cloud recordings

You can trim cloud recordings to adjust their playback range or remove unneeded portions. Trimming affects all associated audio and transcript files, overwriting the original. Once trimmed, you can still restore the original recording at any time. You will receive email notifications for errors that occur with your recording edits.

If you don't want to overwrite the original recording, save recording highlights as a new clip instead.

Notes:

• When edits to your recordings don’t work, the recording remains in a trimming state.
• Separate participant audio and in-meeting chat messages can’t be trimmed.

This article covers:

• How to trim a cloud recording
• How to restore a trimmed cloud recording

Prerequisites for trimming cloud recordings

• Cloud recording enabled
• Supported desktop web browser
  Note: Trimming is not supported on mobile web browsers.

How to trim a cloud recording

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. In the navigation menu, click Recording.
3. Click the Cloud recordings tab.
4. Click the meeting topic for the session that you want to trim, then click the thumbnail of the recording.
   Your browser will open a new tab that plays the recording and displays the audio transcript on the right side of the page.
5. Click the scissor icon .
6. Use the blue sliders to specify the start and end time for the recording. The blue highlighted area represents the trimmed recording.
   Note: To trim by the second, drag one of the sliders, then click the back arrow icon or forward arrow icon .
7. (Optional) Use these features to add or delete sections from the trimmed recording:
   • Add another trim section by hovering over a non-trim section of the playback bar, then click the plus icon .
   • Delete a trim section by hovering over it, then click Remove. The blue highlighted area represents a trim section.
8. Click Trim.
   A confirmation window will appear.
9. In the window, click Trim to confirm.
   A pop-up notification will appear stating that your recording is being trimmed.
   Notes:
   • While content is being trimmed, viewers with access to the recording won't be able to view it. Depending on the length of the recording, it can take about 2 hours to trim a recording.
   • You must reload the page to view the trimmed recording.
10. (Optional) Share your recording with others using a link.

Notes:

• If you trim a recording and share the link, viewers can only access the trimmed version, not the full recording, for viewing or downloading.

• You can trim each recording only 5 times every 12 hours.

How to restore a trimmed cloud recording

Note: Restoring the original recording removes its trimmed version permanently.

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. In the navigation menu, click Recording.
3. Click the Cloud recordings tab.
4. Click the meeting topic for the trimmed cloud recording you want to restore, then click the thumbnail of the recording.
   Your browser will open a new tab that plays the recording and displays the audio transcript on the right side of the page.
5. Below the recording playback, click Restore.
   A confirmation window will appear.
6. In the window, click Restore to confirm.
   The original recording will be restored and you'll be redirected to the original recording.